Keith Tippett Weekend (Bristol Beacon and St. George’s Bristol. Fri 1 & Sat 2 October 2021. Live review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Friday evening: Rare Music Club (Bristol Beacon)The reaction from players, organisers […]
Sebastian writes: One could sense the frustration and disappointment in Buster Birch’s voice today… Buster is Director of the Original UK Jazz Summer School had been hoping to hold this year’s course […]
Liam Noble’s fortnightly livestream on Twitch TV on Saturday afternoons from his home has been one of the joys of the lockdown, writes Tony Dudley-Evans. He picks a different theme each week, […]
Will Glaser – Climbing in Circles (Ubuntu UBU0075. CD Review by Jon Turney) Adventurous drummer Will Glaser neatly sidesteps the repertoire problem that trips up lots of emerging players. This cleverly programmed […]
Climbing In Circles (Ubuntu Music) is the “culmination of a slow-burning three-year project” by Nottinghamshire-born drummer Will Glaser in his trio with Matthew Herd and Liam Noble. He explained the background to […]
The very great Scottish bassist Ron Mathewson passed away shortly before midnight yesterday 3 December 2020. He had been admitted to hospital with Covid in mid-November. Dave Holland writes: The way […]
Pigfoot (Stream premiered on 21 November 2020 from Karamel. EFG London Jazz Festival. Review by Leah Williams) From the opening growl of Chris Batchelor’s muted trumpet and the equally purposeful yet joyful […]
Dave Brubeck – Lullabies (Verve 3514268. CD Review by Liam Noble) In his liner notes to this typically unassuming album, Dave Brubeck remembers his mother playing to him and his siblings as […]
Chris Biscoe – Wobbly Rail 5 (Bandcamp. Download review by Jane Mann) The Wobbly Rail 5 is a group of eminent jazz musicians led by English virtuoso saxophonist/composer Chris Biscoe. I first […]
Liam Noble’s Saturday afternoon concerts (Twitch TV. 18 April 2020. Livestream Review by AJ Dehany) While we’re waiting for the lockdown to ‘flatten the curve’ of the viral spread, we’re watching another […]
Paul Dunmall Invites… with Liam Noble, John Edwards, Mark Sanders (Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. 6 February 2020. Review by AJ Dehany) Saxophonist Paul Dunmall is one of the most complete […]
Liam Noble with Seb Rochford and Tom Herbert – launch of The Long Game (Kings Place, 16 September 2019. Review by Richard Lee) I seem to be following Jon Turney around, mainly in […]
Liam Noble – The Long Game (Edition Records. CD Review by Jon Turney) How might Liam Noble follow up his brilliant, widely-praised piano trio release of 2009, Brubeck, in which he took a collection […]
Pigfoot – Pigfoot Shuffle (Pokey Records PR001. CD Review by Jon Turney) Pigfoot, Chris Batchelor’s unfailingly entertaining quartet, play other people’s music, taking great tunes from wherever they fancy. New sets often feature […]
Will Glaser – Climbing in Circles Pt 2 (Bandcamp here and other online only – Review by Peter Slavid) Drummer and percussionist Will Glaser produced Climbing in Circles, a duo album with […]
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